Houston Astros Minor League Recap: August 12th
Another night of Astros minor league play is in the books. See how the prospects performed last night.
AAA: Fresno Grizzlies (65-53) won 8-4 (BOX SCORE)
Fresno got off to a nice start in this one scoring 3 times in the bottom of the 2nd inning on an Aplin RBI double, a run scoring on a wild pitch and another on an error. Aplin added a 2 run triple in the 6th inning to extend the lead. They would get 3 more runs in the 7th on a Moon solo HR and a Fisher 2 run HR. Valdez got the start and went 6 innings allowing 1 run with 6 strikeouts. The bullpen gave up a couple of runs but was able to hang on for the win.
- Colin Moran, 3B: 1-for-5, R
- Derek Fisher, RF: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Max Stassi, C: 2-for-3, 2 R, BB
- Jon Singleton, 1B: 0-for-2, R, 2 BB
- Tyler Heineman, DH: 0-for-3, R, BB
- Andrew Aplin, CF: 3-for-3, R, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB
- Chan Moon, 2B: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Cesar Valdez, RHP: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (WIN)
- Aaron West, RHP: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
AA: Corpus Christi Hooks (70-48) won 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Crazy game in Corpus. Thornton started for the Hooks and pitched very well allowing just 1 run in 7 innings with 1 BB/6 K. Arkansas’ staff was even better though. Their staff had a combined perfect game with two outs and two strikes in the 9th but Laureano was able to break it up with a walk. The next batter, Boyd, singled to breakup the no hitter. The next batter, Tanielu, came through with an RBI single to tie the game. A couple pitches later, Boyd raced home on a wild pitch to win in a walk-off. Talk about an improbable comeback.
- Yulieski Gurriel, 3B: 0-for-3
- Bobby Boyd, RF: 1-for-4, R
- Nick Tanielu, 2B: 1-for-4, RBI
- Ramon Laureano, PH: 0-for-0, R, BB
- Trent Thornton, RHP: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
- Ryan Thompson, RHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (WIN)
A+: Lancaster Jethawks (65-52) lost 10-6 (BOX SCORE)
Hernandez got the start for Lancaster last night but it did not go well. He ended up going 5 innings allowing 11 hits and 7 runs. Lancaster tried to rally in the 6th getting a 2 run HR from Muniz. In the 7th they scored 3 more runs on back to back homers from Correa and Mizell and another run on a Muniz RBI double. Unfortunately the bullpen gave up 3 more in the 9th to make it a 10-5 game. Lancaster would get a run in the 9th with Duarte doubling and scoring on a passed ball but that is all they would get.
- Osvaldo Duarte, SS: 1-for-5, R, 2B
- Drew Ferguson, RF: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B
- Bryan Muniz, 1B: 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
- Jamie Ritchie, DH: 1-for-4, BB
- Trent Woodward, 3B: 2-for-5
- Christian Correa, C: 1-for-2, R, HR, RBI, 2 BB
- Aaron Mizell, 2B: 2-for-3, R, HR, RBI, BB
- Jose Hernandez, RHP: 5.0 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Alex Winkelman, LHP: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
A: Quad Cities River Bandits (55-60) POSTPONED
A-: Tri-City ValleyCats (29-25) lost 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
- Rodrigo Ayarza, 2B: 0-for-3, R
- Miguelangel Sierra, SS: 1-for-4, R
- Brauly Mejia, CF: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
- Ronnie Dawson, LF: 1-for-4
- Bryan De La Cruz, RF: 1-for-4, R, 2B
- Tyler Wolfe, 3B: 2-for-3, RBI
- Tyler Britton, RHP: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
ROOKIE: Greeneville Astros (25-24) lost 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
- Troy Sieber, DH: 2-for-4, BB
- Connor MacDonald, 1B: 1-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
- Reiny Beltre, 3B: 1-for-4, 2 R, 3B, BB
- Raymond Henderson, C: 1-for-4, BB
- Frankeny Fernandez, LF: 1-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
- Carlos Machado, RF: 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI
- Luis Payano, CF: 2-for-4, RBI
- Forrest Whitley, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Lucas Williams, RHP: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Today’s starters according to MiLB.com:
FRE: Edison Frias (8.22 ERA)
CC: Francis Martes (3.53 ERA)
LAN: Brock Dykxhoorn (5.73 ERA)
QC: GAME 1 – Framber Valdez (3.27 ERA); GAME 2 – TBD
TC: Ryan Hartman (3.25 ERA)
GV: TBD
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